I was obsessive and completionist regarding my professions long before the Achievement System was put into place. But Achievements have exacerbated these tendencies. Case in point: Cooking recipes.

I had always thought my druid had a comprehensive selection of the recipes available to the Alliance. I mean, yeah I wussed out on the Broodlord chain well before I had the recipe for [Dirge's Kickin' Chimaerok Chops]* in my grasp, but I did have all the cooking daily recipes and even the Cenarian Circle’s [Smoked Desert Dumplings].

But then I spied the Sous Chef Achievement for 100 recipes, which was achievable before the Expansion, and was perplexed. How had I missed another 15 possible recipes? Thinking back, it’s possible that on my first character (who, incidentally, is still my main) I didn’t pick up cooking initially, and thus hadn’t gathered all the lowbie recipes. Also, with the addition of the Draenei starting area, they must have added some quests and recipes there as well.

And then I saw the Chef de Cuisine achievement for 160 cooking recipes, only attainable after progressing through Wrath, at which point I got serious about it. And thus, another big ol’ list was born…

* Turns out this annoying recipe is required to get the achievement as of right now, unless you are a rogue and can thus learn thistle tea. Patch 3.1 will provide at least a couple new recipes to solve for that.

Cooking Recipes Available Now

(as
of March 14, 2009)

Note that most of
the quest reward recipes are BOE and able to be bought and sold on the Auction
House. Goldthorn Tea is an exception. Additionally, some of the questablerecipes are also available for sale
from tradesmen, providing you with a quicker way to obtain them (time is money,
friend)

Drops

Recipe

Drops From

Cooked Crab Claw

Darkshore and
Westfall world drop

Runn Tum Tuber
Surprise

Pussillin in Dire
Maul [http://www.wowhead.com/?npc=14354]

Savory Deviate
Delight

non hostile
(yellow) Barrens animals

Succulent Pork
Ribs

Loch Modan and
Redridge world drop

Fishing Daily Random Recipe

Captain Rumsey's
Lager

Cooking Daily Random Recipes

Broiled Bloodfin

Delicious Chocolate Cake

Kibler's Bits

Skullfish Soup

Spicy Hot Talbuk

Stormchops

Trainer

Boiled Clams

Charred Wolf Meat

Coyote Steak

Crab Cake

Dry Pork Ribs

Fisherman's Feast

Goblin Deviled Clams

Herb Baked Egg

Hot Buttered Trout

Roasted Boar Meat

Spice Bread

Spiced Wolf Meat

Spider Sausage

Stewed Trout

Vendor

Neutral

Recipe

Vendor

Barbecued Buzzard
Wing

Super-Seller 680
in Desolace

Big Bear Steak

Super-Seller 680
in Desolace, travels the road from Kormek's Hut (60, 39) in the north to
about Gelkis Village (40, 79) in the south.

Comments

I was obsessive and completionist regarding my professions long before the Achievement System was put into place. But Achievements have exacerbated these tendencies. Case in point: Cooking recipes.

I had always thought my druid had a comprehensive selection of the recipes available to the Alliance. I mean, yeah I wussed out on the Broodlord chain well before I had the recipe for [Dirge's Kickin' Chimaerok Chops]* in my grasp, but I did have all the cooking daily recipes and even the Cenarian Circle’s [Smoked Desert Dumplings].

But then I spied the Sous Chef Achievement for 100 recipes, which was achievable before the Expansion, and was perplexed. How had I missed another 15 possible recipes? Thinking back, it’s possible that on my first character (who, incidentally, is still my main) I didn’t pick up cooking initially, and thus hadn’t gathered all the lowbie recipes. Also, with the addition of the Draenei starting area, they must have added some quests and recipes there as well.

And then I saw the Chef de Cuisine achievement for 160 cooking recipes, only attainable after progressing through Wrath, at which point I got serious about it. And thus, another big ol’ list was born…

* Turns out this annoying recipe is required to get the achievement as of right now, unless you are a rogue and can thus learn thistle tea. Patch 3.1 will provide at least a couple new recipes to solve for that.